# NERDS

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,141

## Definitions
1. A stack of technologies used to develop web applications.

## Etymology
Acronym of Node.js, Express.js, React, and databases using SQL, or a set of similar names. Attested from the late 2010s.

## Easily confused with
- **NES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nes)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-news)
- **nets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nets)
- **Nero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nero)
- **nods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nods)
- **Nord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nord)
- **nerf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nerf)
- **nerve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nerve)
- **nexus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nexus)
- **nerdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nerdy)
- **Nevis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nevis)
- **nerves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerds-vs-nerves)
- **ned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ned-vs-nerds)
- **ner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ner-vs-nerds)
- **need** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/need-vs-nerds)
- **nerd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nerd-vs-nerds)
- **needs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needs-vs-nerds)
- **needy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needy-vs-nerds)
- **nears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nears-vs-nerds)
- **Negros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negros-vs-nerds)

## Common misspellings (8)
`enrds`, `nedrs`, `nerdds`, `nerdss`, `nerrds`, `nersd`, `nnerds`, `nreds`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nerds